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Table 6.1 Summary of major thermophilic bacterial strains and their secreted enzymes in the
course of different composting processes

Compost type Major bacterial groups Enzyme(s) Reference

Municipal solid waste Bacillus sp. and other

thermophiles

Proteases Raut et al. ( 2008 )

Diary manure with rice Bacillus sp. and other

thermophiles

Proteases Liu et al. ( 2011 )

Sludge compost Bacillus sp. B. stearo-

thermophillus , and other
thermophiles

Proteases Kim et al. ( 2002 )

Municipal solid waste Majority mesophiles and

some thermophiles

Urease Castaldi et al. ( 2008 )

Daily manure and rice chaff Majority mesophiles and

some thermophiles

Urease Liu et al. ( 2011 )

Municipal solid waste Majority mesophiles and

some thermophiles

Phosphatase Raut et al. ( 2008 )

Municipal solid waste Bacillus sp. B. stearo-

thermophillus , and other
thermophiles

Cellulases Raut et al. ( 2008 )

Municipal solid waste Bacillus sp. and other

thermophiles

Cellulase and
β-glucosidase

He et al. ( 2013 )

Sugarcane trash + cattle
mud, press mud poultry
waste, water hyacinth

Majority thermophiles
of the order Bacillales
and some mesophiles

Cellulases Goyal et al. ( 2005 )

Sugarcane trash + cattle
mud, press mud poultry
waste, water hyacinth

Majority mesophiles
belonging to Bacillus
and Paenibacillus and
some thermophiles

Xylanases Goyal et al. ( 2005 )

Municipal solid waste Thermophilic Bacilli

and other groups of
thermophiles

Cellulases and
β-glucosidase

Castaldi et al. ( 2008 )

Mix of yellow poplar wood
chips and mown lawn grass

Thermophilic Bacilli
and other groups of
thermophiles
Cellulases Wei et al. ( 2012 )

Mix of yellow poplar wood
chips and mown lawn grass

Thermophilic Bacilli
and other groups of
thermophiles

Hemicelluases Wei et al. ( 2012 )

Industrial waste compost B. licheniformis, B.

subtilis sub subtilis , B.
subtilis sub zizenii , B.
amyloliquefaciens

Cellulases Amore et al. ( 2013 )

Hot compost B. subtilis, B. licheni-

formis, Bacillus spp.,
Geobacillus spp. Paeni-
bacillus spp.

Endoglucanases Acharya et al. ( 2012 )

Garden compost B. subtilis , Bacillus spp. Cellulases Mayende et al. ( 2006 )

Poultry manure compost Paenibacillus cookie ,

Paenibacillus spp.

Cellulase
(Avicelase)

Wang et al. ( 2008 )

Rice straw with pig manure Geobacillus spp. Cellulase Ng et al. ( 2009 )

Thermal compost B. subtilis Cellulase Yang et al. ( 2010 )